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Pfizer Says Lyrica Fails in Diabetes Trial, Halts HIV Study

Pfizer's Lyrica, approved for use in fibromyalgia, didn’t work to control painful nerve damage from diabetes in one study, and the company halted a second trial in nerve-damaged HIV patients.

Published
04 May 2012
From
Bloomberg
Side-effects
Why it's time to say goodbye to stavudine...everywhere

Concerns about a proposed comparative trial of 40mg and 20mg (low-dose) stavudine in South Africa.

Published
16 April 2012
From
South African Journal of HIV Medicine
Side-effects
Can I Get A Witness! Authentic Voices Tell the Story of Neuropathy

Authors, scientists, doctors, journalists and bloggers can write about neuropathy until they're blue in the face but there's no substitute for hearing people tell their own stories. This post is therefore given over to some of the men and women with both HIV and Neuropathy who have opened their hearts on forums and in blogs across the Net. There are many, many more!

Published
12 April 2012
From
The Body
Neurological and cognitive problems
Tenofovir does not penetrate CNS well in 183-person US study

Tenofovir concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid are only 6% of blood plasma concentrations.

Published
29 March 2012
From
International AIDS Society
Neurological and cognitive problems
Cognitive function improves through the first year of HIV therapy

Cognitive function continues to improve up to one year after starting antiretroviral therapy, according to the results of a small international study published in HIV Medicine. The investigators

Published
29 March 2012
By
Michael Carter
Neurological and cognitive problems
Dementia is a national crisis like HIV and cancer, says David Cameron

Britain is facing a “national crisis” of dementia on a similar scale to the high rates of HIV and cancer in previous decades, David Cameron will warn today.

Published
26 March 2012
From
Daily Telegraph
Neurological and cognitive problems
HIV brain impairment: who gets it, and why?

A number of papers at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections presented advances in research on HIV-related brain impairment and neurocognitive problems. A couple of problems

Published
12 March 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Neurological and cognitive problems
CHARTER Study: Asymptomatic Cognitive Problems "Harbinger" for Future Neurologic Decline

Numerous studies have noted increasing rates of neurological disorders in people living with HIV, but many of the cases included in these findings involve patients with cognition problems that don’t affect daily functioning—data often dismissed as being statistical artifacts or meaningless measurements.

Published
08 March 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Child developmental issues
NIH-funded study defines treatment window for HIV+ children infected at birth

HIV-positive children older than 1 year who were treated after showing moderate HIV-related symptoms did not experience greater cognitive or behavior problems compared to peers treated when signs of their infection were still mild, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Published
07 March 2012
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Neurological and cognitive problems
Fat accumulation linked to cognitive impairment in patients with HIV

Central fat accumulation is associated with an increased risk of neurocognitive impairment for HIV-positive patients, according to a study published in the February edition of Neurology. Overall 40%

Published
24 February 2012
By
Michael Carter
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